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The timing for Big Hero 6 couldn't be better for Disney. It's not only completely different from Frozen but also captures the holy grail for animation in tapping the superhero genre. In fact, it shares a common theme with Marvel's latest hit, Guardians of the Galaxy﻿: the loss of a loved one as soci...

The Ottawa International Animation Festival is celebrating the Walt Disney studio with a series of screenings, talks, and exhibitions. Jerry Beck and Leonard Maltin are curating programs of the studio's best cartoons, John Musker and Ron Clements will celebrate The Little Mermaid; and Patrick Osborn...

When The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad Blu-ray was announced, there was no mention of Fun and Fancy Free being paired with it, much less the entire The Reluctant Dragon feature (not just the animated segment). But this Tuesday all three features will be available on one Blu-ray and one DVD. Her...

Over the past decade or so, Disney has had uncanny success in terms of acquiring companies that expand and strengthen their brand: they absorbed creative partners Pixar, leading to greater synergy and more output from the Emeryville, California-based animation studio, and bought both Marvel and Luca...

"Guardians of the Galaxy" is the most irreverent Marvel departure, and, thanks to writer-director James Gunn ("Slither"), we're reminded that sci-fi can be fun. What's old is new again. But even though it wasn't his intention to give us a nostalgia trip while creating his own colorful galaxy of rogu...

A year before Star Wars: Episode VII﻿, ﻿we get the animated series Star Wars Rebels as a bridge between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope (premiering in October on Disney Channel as a one-hour special before commencing on Disney XD). I spoke with exec producers Dave Filoni (The Clone Wars﻿) and Sim...

This Saturday CTN and Disney's Animation Reasearch Library are hosting a book launch, three months early, to toast and celebrate Disney Legend Marc Davis with amazing guests. This is the first sneak peek at “Marc Davis, “Walt Disney’s Renaissance Man”, a lavish new book being published by Disney thi...

This week, The Hollywood Reporter published a list of Hollywood's 100 favorite films, according to 2,120 film industry insiders that included actors, writers, directors, agents and executives. The results? Nothing new.